Every time you take a flight, you trust that the airplane's engines are ready to withstand tough conditions.

Afterall, when you're way up high, temperatures drop dramatically, no matter how warm or cold it is on the ground.

The Federal Aviation Administration requires that manufacturers run engines through a multitude of different weather tests, so GE built a testing facility in Winnipeg, Canada to run its jet engines through the gauntlet.

This is where GE runs its engines through a series of rigorous icing tests and extreme scenarios.

Those winds combine with thousands of gallons of water that get sprayed from 125 high-power nozzles.

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